Charlotte Anne
01-06-07, 21:29
Hi,
I am new to the site but having found some of the information on it really helpful in this last few weeks wanted to get some thoughts on a symptom that seems to be new for me.
To give you a bit of background I've suffered from anxiety since my daughter was born in 2004. I've been diagnosed with Post Natal Depression (although it took a year for this diagnosis to be made) then Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (they said this was as a result of the birth) and as my symptoms have got worse again recently theres now discussion that what I've got is a nervous disorder. I've found all this really hard and guess I've never accepted it - v sucessful career in HR, done couselling courses so how could this happen to me, I should know what to do, I'm strong - is what I thought.
Any way in October 2005 when this first started to manifest as chest pain, palpititaions I was sent to see a cardiologist. He did a ECG (of which I must has had a dozen now during my visits to A & E) an Echo and a 24 hour tape and nothing showed up. It was then in the January I was diagnosed with PND. I was off work for 4 months last year and thought I was getting better but then got worse again - the chest/heart stuff has been the worse and I've never really believed that there is nothing wrong with me - I've spent the last 20 months thinking I will drop dead at any moment.
I've been back to the cardiologist last month and had another 24 tape, which again was normal aside from a few etoptics that he said was normal. He did say my base heart rate was a bit fast for someone my age but as I'm pregnant and anxious thats what it was. He told me I needed to accept I had anxious depression (another diagnosis).
The week after I'd been to see him I experienced a symptom that I hadn't felt before. I had a really wierd sensation in my chest (like my heart turned over) and when I felt my pulse it was irregular with some long pauses (when I got the wierd feelings. Its happening everyday now and has really set me back. Everything I've read on the site (and I also ordered one of the recommended books by Dr Claire Weekes) suggests its missed heartbeats but I just keep thinking its something new - its going round in my head that its something that hasn't been picked up through the tests that is now getting worse. I can't understand why when I've been ill for 20 months and have had plenty of chest symptoms that this would suddenly start now.
Help!
Charlotte
I am new to the site but having found some of the information on it really helpful in this last few weeks wanted to get some thoughts on a symptom that seems to be new for me.
To give you a bit of background I've suffered from anxiety since my daughter was born in 2004. I've been diagnosed with Post Natal Depression (although it took a year for this diagnosis to be made) then Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (they said this was as a result of the birth) and as my symptoms have got worse again recently theres now discussion that what I've got is a nervous disorder. I've found all this really hard and guess I've never accepted it - v sucessful career in HR, done couselling courses so how could this happen to me, I should know what to do, I'm strong - is what I thought.
Any way in October 2005 when this first started to manifest as chest pain, palpititaions I was sent to see a cardiologist. He did a ECG (of which I must has had a dozen now during my visits to A & E) an Echo and a 24 hour tape and nothing showed up. It was then in the January I was diagnosed with PND. I was off work for 4 months last year and thought I was getting better but then got worse again - the chest/heart stuff has been the worse and I've never really believed that there is nothing wrong with me - I've spent the last 20 months thinking I will drop dead at any moment.
I've been back to the cardiologist last month and had another 24 tape, which again was normal aside from a few etoptics that he said was normal. He did say my base heart rate was a bit fast for someone my age but as I'm pregnant and anxious thats what it was. He told me I needed to accept I had anxious depression (another diagnosis).
The week after I'd been to see him I experienced a symptom that I hadn't felt before. I had a really wierd sensation in my chest (like my heart turned over) and when I felt my pulse it was irregular with some long pauses (when I got the wierd feelings. Its happening everyday now and has really set me back. Everything I've read on the site (and I also ordered one of the recommended books by Dr Claire Weekes) suggests its missed heartbeats but I just keep thinking its something new - its going round in my head that its something that hasn't been picked up through the tests that is now getting worse. I can't understand why when I've been ill for 20 months and have had plenty of chest symptoms that this would suddenly start now.
Help!
Charlotte